diff --git a/jobs/JOBSPROC_CDAS_DUMP b/jobs/JOBSPROC_CDAS_DUMP
index f3d49cc..92e49ce 100755
--- a/jobs/JOBSPROC_CDAS_DUMP
+++ b/jobs/JOBSPROC_CDAS_DUMP
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export FIXbufr=${FIXbufr:-$HOMEbufr_dump/fix}
 # TANK is root directory path to observational database used in dumpjb
 #  and engice, sst & snowdepth grib files used in model script
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
-export DCOMROOT=${DCOMROOT:-/lfs/h1/ops/${envir}/dcom}
+export DCOMROOT=${DCOMROOT:-/lfs/h1/ops/prod/dcom}
 export TANK=${TANK:-${DCOMROOT}}
 
 # directory paths to engice, sst & snowdepth grib files used in model script
diff --git a/jobs/JOBSPROC_GLOBAL_PREP b/jobs/JOBSPROC_GLOBAL_PREP
index 65a6b97..e1ba8b7 100755
--- a/jobs/JOBSPROC_GLOBAL_PREP
+++ b/jobs/JOBSPROC_GLOBAL_PREP
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ export DICTPREP=${DICTPREP:-${OPSROOT}/decoders/decod_shared/dictionaries_${dict
 # prepobsp_prevents.sh.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #export HOMEgfs=${HOMEgfs:-${PACKAGEROOT:?}/gfs.${gfs_ver:?"###FATAL ERROR \"gfs_ver\" is not set"}}
-#export HOMEgfs=${HOMEgfs:-$(compath.py ${envir}/gfs/${gfs_ver})}
-export HOMEgfs=${HOMEgfs:-$HOMEobsproc}  #Temporary place to let job run. change it to above layer when gfs run in realtime
+export HOMEgfs=${HOMEgfs:-$(compath.py gfs/${gfs_ver})}
+#export HOMEgfs=${HOMEgfs:-$HOMEobsproc}  #Temporary place to let job run. change it to above layer when gfs run in realtime
 
 #########################################################################
 # Add some prod utilities to working directory
diff --git a/jobs/JOBSPROC_MODS b/jobs/JOBSPROC_MODS
index ae64b17..9f2d52d 100755
--- a/jobs/JOBSPROC_MODS
+++ b/jobs/JOBSPROC_MODS
@@ -169,15 +169,17 @@ cp $UTILROOT/ush/setpdy.sh .; chmod +x setpdy.sh
 ##############################
 # Run setpdy and initialize PDY variables
 ##############################
-setpdy.sh
+setpdy.sh 9
 . PDY
 
+export YYYY=`echo $PDYm9 | cut -c1-4` #mods doing $PDYm9  data
+
 ##################################################
 # Define COMOUT directory  (no COMIN for this job)
 ##################################################
 
-#export COMOUT=${COMOUT:-$(compath.py -o ${obsNET}/$obsproc_ver/${NET}.${PDY})}
-export COMOUT=${COMOUT:-$(compath.py -o  ${obsNET}/$obsproc_ver/${NET}.${PDY})}
+export COMOUT=${COMOUT:-$(compath.py -o ${obsNET}/$obsproc_ver/${NET}.${PDY})}
+export MODSDIR=${MODSDIR:-$(compath.py -o ${obsNET}/$obsproc_ver)/mods.$YYYY}
 mkdir -m 775 -p $COMOUT
 
 ##############################################
@@ -187,7 +189,8 @@ mkdir -m 775 -p $COMOUT
 
 export DCOMROOT=${DCOMROOT:-/lfs/h1/ops/${envir}/dcom}
 echo $DCOMROOT
-export MODSDIR=${MODSDIR:-${DCOMROOT}/mods}
+#export MODSDIR=${MODSDIR:-${DCOMROOT}/mods}
+#export MODSDIR=${MODSDIR:-${COM_OUT}/mods.$YYYY}
 
 
 env ; echo "JMODS: end of env listing" ; echo 
diff --git a/ush/bufr_prepmods.sh b/ush/bufr_prepmods.sh
index 8251860..ec5e7ec 100755
--- a/ush/bufr_prepmods.sh
+++ b/ush/bufr_prepmods.sh
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ for dtyp in $dtypes ; do
 
 #  make and/or move to directory for this data for this day
 #  --------------------------------------------------------
-    DBASE=$MODSDIR/$year/$mnth/$dtyp
+    #DBASE=$MODSDIR/$year/$mnth/$dtyp
+    DBASE=$MODSDIR/$mnth/$dtyp
     mkdir -p $DBASE
 
     if [ ".$dtyp" = '.ships' -o \